Healthier healthcare with carpets from ege
Selecting ege’s carpet for the healthcare sector provides many considerable advantages making it difficult to choose other solutions. Besides the best qualities found in carpets for the healthcare sector, the ege Performance ranges provide numerous beautiful design options making plain, impersonal carpets history.
Better hygiene with ege Performance Hygiene plays an important role in the choice of flooring solutions within the healthcare sector. In hospitals, nursing homes and clinics occasional spills of fluids are inevitable. Now carpets pretreated with antibacterial technology can provide a much better security. “Our new fiber treatment provides the carpets with a ‘shield’ preventing microorganisms from surviving. Not even the resistant MRSA bacterium has a chance”, ege’s Quality Manager Jan Ladefoged explains. “Contrary to old methods, where bacteria are treated chemically, the new carpet treatment is completely non-toxic. The technology we use is very effective as the cell structure of the bacteria is attacked and the bacteria die.” The technology, which is called ÆGIS Microbe Shields Technology, is more than 20 years old and is already widely used within the healthcare sector, e.g. in operating cloths used to cover patients during surgery. The innovative aspects lie with the fact that it is now possible to apply the technology to carpets. In the long run this might contribute to revolutionize the idea of carpets in the healthcare sector. Other hygienic advantages found in ege Performance are that the carpet is bleach-resistance and impervious. Beautiful design and healing architecture When it comes to design, ege Performance stands out from other carpets available to the healthcare sector, the huge choice of beautiful colours and patterns enables hospitals, nursing homes and clinics to underline a special identity and create different atmospheres in the rooms. “Colours inspire and create life in sterile surroundings. Why not let the flooring solutions contribute actively to the healing process patients on hospitals go through?” Jan Ladefoged asks, referring to scientific research in ‘healing architecture’ that shows signs that art and colours can positively affect the patients’ physical and mental condition. In this connection carpets can create brand new opportunities. Also the good acoustic qualities call for carpets in the healthcare sector. Hospitals especially have documented problems with a high sound level, and this is scientifically proven to negatively affect the physical and mental healing process. Carpets reduce sounds and can thus contribute to the creation of better acoustic environments. Finally it is a fact that carpets reduce the risk of fall accidents by ensuring a better foothold than hard surfaces. “Accidents caused by falls weigh heavy in statistics of cause of death among senior citizens. That is an important reason why many institutions choose carpets”, Jan Ladefoged explains. “If a fall happens, the carpet cushions the fall better than hard surfaces”. Unsurpassed Performance There is no doubt that the future healthcare sector will bring healing architecture into focus. At the same time there is growing competition between the individual hospitals, nursing homes and clinics, which increases the need to stand out from the crowd; professionally and architecturally . ege Performance enables them to stand out architecturally without compromising on hygiene, safety, design and performance.
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